[ Maruki's footsteps reverberate crisply along the corridor, reserved but purposeful all the way up to the Augur's chamber. It's quiet here, eerily bright and still in a way that makes the hospital feel like it exists on some other plane far removed from the brisk afternoon outside, white walls magnifying the ambient light.

He's not a fan of hospitals, but they're familiar to him by now. The atmosphere here is quite different. ]

Hello.

[ Maruki thinks about his Palace, just for a moment, with the tiniest sliver of guilty nostalgia. ]

So you're the Augur... It's nice to finally meet you in person. I don't wish to disturb you, but, well... I was hoping we might be able to speak face to face.